Never knowingly undersolved
Another good’un from Everyman this morning. All clear, with some good surfaces and a nod to my favourite singer-songwriter. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = … Read more >>
Sunday afternoon and Everyman in the pub after reading the Observer.
An Azed plain puzzle this week, but it wasn’t all plain sailing for me. When it comes to languages, I am much more comfortable with computer languages than I am … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3645.
Lots of new words but I suppose that should never be a surprise with Azed. Was stuck on 16D (a laxative) for a while and then conveniently became unstuck.
Solid puzzle.
Azed gives us these every five years or so. The last (clue-setting competition one, anyway) was in October 2011. So far as I know it is his own idea and must be absolute hell to set. In case you didn’t see the preamble in the paper here it is: ‘Each clue contains a one-word definition of the word required at the number where it stands, but belongs as a whole to a word of the same length elsewhere….’ and he goes on to give some very helpful advice on how to go about solving such a puzzle.
Another good Everyman for solving over Sunday morning coffee (or Saturday morning coffee for our NZ friends). Some fine surfaces, and a good variety of subject matter in the solutions. … Read more >>
This was my quickest Azed solve for quite a while: I found I’d written in 13 answers after my first pass though the clues, and most of the rest followed easily (albeit with … Read more >>
It’s Sunday, it’s Everyman. It’s what we expect.
Another excellent rummage through Chambers. Thank you AZED.
A harder than usual plain puzzle this week, with some knowledge of both French and German of assistance.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3641.
Steady-as-she-goes from Everyman. A pleasing puzzle.
A plain Azed puzzle this week with the usual mix of obscure words, Scottish words and everyday words. We also needed a bit of French. There were a couple of … Read more >>